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By ALEXIS WILLIAMS With just over three months to go before the Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon, organizers, endurance runners and first-time racers are all preparing for the second annual event, which will be held the weekend of Dec. 8-10. Race director Jonathan “Juba” Dziuba and his team felt the Gulf of Mexico and beach-lined stretch of Highway 90 from Pass ...

GREENVILLE — More than 1,200 participants are expected this weekend at the 2nd Annual Mississippi River Marathon. The event will kickoff Friday with an expo at the Greenville Mall. Runners will pick up their race packets at the expo. Both full and half-marathons will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday. The Mississippi River Marathon will award a total of $3,000 in ...

The organizers of the Mississippi River Marathon in Greenville and Lake Village, Ark., are hoping to build on last February’s success. This was the first year for the marathon and half-marathon, which starts in Lake Village and ends in Greenville, but it still managed to attract more than 1,300 participants from 37 states and three foreign countries. In 2014, officials ...